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enRidge Spring-Monetta hires Ken Lipsey as football coachhttp://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/high-school/2015-06-15/ridge-spring-monetta-hires-ken-lipsey-football-coach
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<p>A connection between two area South Carolina high school football programs was further strengthened by the announcement of a new head coach Monday.</p>
<p>Ridge Spring-Monetta hired Ken Lipsey as its new coach. Lipsey comes from Williston-Elko, where he held different roles, including defensive coordinator for the past two years.</p>
<p>Lipsey takes over for Heath Corley, who recently resigned to become defensive coordinator at Barnwell. Like Lipsey, Corley came from Williston-Elko as an assistant, and he coached the Trojans for three seasons.</p>
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<p>An Augusta man pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated assault and other charges stemming from the wounding of another man.</p>
<p>Robert West III, 21, pleaded guilty in Richmond County Superior Court to the assault charge, criminal damage to property and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Judge Carl C. Brown Jr. sentenced West to three years in prison, followed by 12 years on probation.</p>
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<p>The owner of the Soul Bar on Broad Street said Sunday that neither his staff nor deputies working special duty there saw any activity that would support a man’s account that he was beaten in the restroom by two men during a robbery attempt Friday night.</p>
<p>The Soul Bar’s Coco Rubio said the incident described in a Rich&shy;mond County Sheriff’s Office report surprised everyone who was there, including deputies on the premises and in the vicinity of the 900 block of Broad Street for First Friday.</p>
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<p>The widow of a soldier killed by enemy fire in 2008 during his fourth deployment to Iraq was to be awarded a newly renovated, mortgage-free home in Hephzibah on Thursday night by the Military Warriors Support Foundation.</p>
<p>Breanna Gasper, on behalf of her husband, Staff Sgt. Frank Gasper, was to be recognized and honored as a Project Rebuild True Hero in a special presentation held during a Darius Rucker concert in Alpharetta, Ga., for his service and sacrifice to the country, according to a news release from the Military Warriors Support Foundation.</p>
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<p>Determining who will play in the GHSA Class AAAAA state baseball championship will have to wait at least a day.</p>
<p>The Greenbrier Wolfpack and Allatoona Buccaneers were set to play a doubleheader Monday night at Greenbrier High School in the state semifinals, but inclement weather forecast that was expected to last through the evening forced a postponement.</p>
<p>The squads will play a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m. Tuesday, with a decisive Game 3 to be played on Wednesday at a time to be determined.</p>
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<p><strong>St. Mary on the Hill will present Celtic Celebration<br /></strong><strong>When:</strong>&nbsp;7:30 p.m. Saturday<br /><strong>Where:</strong> St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church, 1420 Monte Sano Ave., Augusta</p>
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<p>A rock music legend and a talk show host are coming to Bell Auditorium this summer.</p>
<p>First up will be John Fogerty, who will bring his 1969 Tour to Augusta on May 12.</p>
<p>In 1969, Fogerty wrote and produced three multiplatinum albums with Creedence Clearwater Revival, including such classics as <em>Proud Mary</em><em>, </em><em>Born on the Bayou</em><em>, </em><em>Bad Moon Rising</em> and <em>Fortunate Son</em>.</p>
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<p>Norfolk Southern will close portions of Sixth Street starting next week for 17 days to make railroad repairs in downtown Augusta.</p>
<p>The first portion of the road to close will be between Reynolds and Ellis streets from Feb. 11-20.</p>
<p>On Feb. 23, the company will reopen the repaired area and close the road between Ellis and Telfair streets for five days, as a continuation of this project.</p>
<p>A detour route will be in place.</p>
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<p>Columbia County authorities are at the scene of a fatal wreck that occurred about 1:45 p.m. between Harlem and Grovetown.</p>
<p>Authorities said one person was killed and another injured in the single car accident near the intersection of Old Louisville Road and Old Augusta Highway.</p>
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</p><p>The metro Augusta unemployment rate increased to 7 percent in May, according to a report released Thursday by the Georgia Department of Labor.</p>
<p>The jobless number is higher than the 6.3 percent rate reported in April, but lower than the 8 percent rate from last May. The state’s labor department attributed the bump in unemployment to seasonal layoffs after the Masters Tournament in April.</p>
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<p>Want to meet Gov. Nikki Haley? Now’s your chance.</p>
<p>The South Carolina governor will hold constituent, one-on-one meetings for any and all discussions at the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia Wednesday at 4 p.m.</p>
<p>Anyone wishing to schedule a meeting should call (803) 734-1999 between 9 and 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Appointments are first-come, first-served. For more information, call (803) 734-2100.</p>
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<p>A 20-year-old Augusta man has been charged with several crimes after his car struck a police officer’s leg when it sped away from a traffic stop.</p>
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<p>Two runaway teens who had been missing from Camp Long in Aiken County since Dec. 30 have been found.</p>
<p>Police said Alyssa Mayes and Aikiriea Crockett, both 16, were found Thursday in Lancaster, S.C., and will be returned to Camp Long as soon as possible.</p>
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<p>More than 300 pills of painkillers were stolen from a military veteran’s vehicle Sunday while he was attending the area’s inaugural Border Bowl football game, according to an incident report from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.</p>
<p>Among the medications stolen were 150 pills of hydrocodone and 80 pills each of Valium and Percocet.</p>
<p>The veteran told the sheriff’s office that the prescriptions were stolen between noon and 5 p.m. Sunday when someone entered his Ford Expedition. The medications were stored inside a toolbox that was also taken.</p>
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<p>A Hephzibah teenager is charged with stealing $1,350 from his former employer, Game Stop on Deans Bridge Road, by using gift cards to take money from the store’s cash register, according to a Richmond County Sheriff’s Office incident report.</p>
<p>Deaudis A. Dixon, 18, of Fox Den Road, was arrested about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and charged with misdemeanor theft by deception.</p>
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